Walmart Mongoose XR-200

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Cool! I love mine!

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Gotta say, I like your spirit. Careful trying to get that
fork pointing in the right direction 😉 /s

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Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

Xtc said:

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Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What
percentage of members are speared through the heart by a
busted top tube?

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Xtc said:

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Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What
percentage of members are speared through the heart by a
busted top tube?

What percentage of people who actually buy those bikes are
sophisticated enough to use Yahoo groups?

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Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What
percentage of members are speared through the heart by a
busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless
they have a rear susp, the frames are practically
unbreakable. Now a head injury from a thrown derailleur
might be another matter <GGG>.

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David Kerber said:

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Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What
percentage of members are speared through the heart by a
busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless
they have a rear susp, the frames are practically
unbreakable. Now a head injury from a thrown derailleur
might be another matter <GGG>.

Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap
material and they don't appear to actually be engineered.

On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber

ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless
they have a rear susp, the frames are practically
unbreakable. Now a head injury from a thrown derailleur
might be another matter <GGG>.

As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was
it .tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so
one would get speared through the heart with the stem.

A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the
type of wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as
a bearing in the rear suspension pivot near the BB was
crapped and the whole bike flexed sideways easily.

Finally, on rec.bicycles.tech, Carl Fogel has been posting a
journal of his experiment with a Roadmaster Fury (which he
calls a "Fury Roadmaster"😉, which makes a Walgoose look like
an expensive, high-quality bike.

Oh, one other item of interest: I picked up a discarded
Walgoose FS partial bike; frame, front wheel, left grip
shifter, right grip shifter missing most of it's parts
(including the grip part), rear wheel missing, both brakes
there (rear brake with Kool Stop salmon pads), brake levers
disassembled (clamps left on bike, actual levers
MIA), crank left on but chainrings removed, miscellaneous
other stuff removed.

I guess I'll throw it together with the parts on another
rescue, either a cheezy hybrid (I've got two now) or a Huffy
faux-FS. Then, I'll get to try the FS Walgoose experience.

I ignored about 5 other discarded bikes at the same house,
as I just haven't got a place to put them, and the looked
both awful and nearly useless. Maybe somebody else has
rescued them and put them to use.

Why is this thread on r.b.marketplace anyway?
--
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13 members and climbing!!!
Hurry before they run out of spots!

Jimbo(san)

David Kerber said:

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Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What
percentage of members are speared through the heart by a
busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless
they have a rear susp, the frames are practically
unbreakable.

Heavy tubing doesn't mean strong. I've seen several broken
Walgooses, including my misguided bro's.

Greg

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What percentage of people who actually buy those bikes are
sophisticated enough to use Yahoo groups?

Using Yahoo takes sophistication???

C.Q.C.

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David Kerber said:

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Xtc wrote:

>"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>>If you own one let's compare notes...
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>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What
percentage of members are speared through the heart by a
busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks.
Unless they have a rear susp, the frames are practically
unbreakable. Now a head injury from a thrown derailleur
might be another matter <GGG>.

Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's
cheap material and they don't appear to actually be
engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph
to do it. 🙂

Mark

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[email hidden] (Dave) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I didn't like mine much, and eventually moved up to a more
purpose oriented unit. I really never nailed down the
exact problems. Maybe it was just a rode problem. I was
working with the basic 5:1 scope. Maybe it was the chain,
maybe it was the entire ground tackle, but what ever it
was, that bike wouldn't hold a 30,000 lb'er with 5ft of
draft under the lightest weather .... even with 3/8 all
chain/snubber setup.

R

Ask Mr. Baker if you think I'm wrong.

[email hidden] (Dave) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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The basic premise of the page seems to be "I've made a poor
purchase, been told I've made a poor purchase by pepole who
know, but want to talk about my poor purchase with other
people who've made the same mistake." You get told it's a
crappy bike because you just cannot get a durable, offroad
capable bike for $99.99. These bikes are meant for the odd
jaunt down to KFC, and should be treated as such.

cheers

G

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On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber

ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks.
Unless they have a rear susp, the frames are practically
unbreakable. Now a head injury from a thrown derailleur
might be another matter <GGG>.

As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or
was it .tech?), the forks on those bikes may be
questionable; so one would get speared through the heart
with the stem.

A recent post included a link to a graphic
demonstrating the type of wear that showed up very
quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in the rear
suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole
bike flexed sideways easily.

That's why I specified non-rear susp bike.

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On 27 May 2004 18:19:23 -0700, [email hidden] (gazzer)

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You get told it's a crappy bike because you just cannot get
a durable, offroad capable bike for $99.99.

Yes you can. Buy used from a bike shop.
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Jimbo(san) said:

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13 members and climbing!!! Hurry before they run out
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Jimbo(san)

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I didn't like mine much, and eventually moved up to a more
purpose oriented unit. I really never nailed down the
exact problems. Maybe it was just a rode problem. I was
working with the basic 5:1 scope. Maybe it was the chain,
maybe it was the entire ground tackle, but what ever it
was, that bike wouldn't hold a 30,000 lb'er with 5ft of
draft under the lightest weather .... even with 3/8 all
chain/snubber setup.

Heh...

Shaun aRe thinks it may be more dingy oriented peace o' kit.